Word: sovereigns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Statesmen, be they never so great, must bow before the electorate-the sovereign mob-and thus, last week, so great a statesman as Premier Raymond Poincaré, Wartime President of France, journeyed out to Bar-le-Duc and made before constituents his annual kotow. . . . He told them with a little unguent flattery that they and the electorate at large have returned such excellent deputies and senators that his own task-that of restoring financial and political stability to France out of chaos within ten months-has been comparatively simple. (A wink went round, for most of the audience know well...
...commend a pardon it would not over-whelm or discredit the finding of the Court. The commission would, like the Chancellor's Court, fill in a gap which the common law has left open. The creation of a Court of Chancery has not exhausted the power of the Sovereign to do justice in any case in which it is obvious that the existing legal and equitable procedure is inadequate. Nor would the appointment of such a commission express any lack of respect for the Trial Judge
Puzzled U. S. citizens pondered. The Department of State had said: "Haiti is a sovereign republic." Thus, the U. S. expressed its inability to persuade President Borno to allow Senator King to enter on his tour of investigation. But, citizens argued, a U. S. High Commissioner passes judgment on President Borno's administration, the U. S. controls Haiti's customs, one-time U. S. marines command Haiti's gendarmerie...
...mighty U. S. gave in to the puny Negro Republic; Secretary Kellogg issued this statement: "Haiti is a sovereign republic and fully within her rights in saying who shall land there and there is nothing more which the United States can do about it. Senator King has been so notified...
...sent, as usual, to summon the Speaker and the Commons before the Lords. As he approached the Chamber of the Commons, unsmiling attendants closed the door, as usual, in his face. Thus was affirmed the right of Honorable Members to free speech, even at the displeasure of the Sovereign. Three times the Black Rod raised the Black Rod and struck the door of the Commons. "Who is there?" came the traditional question. "Black Rod!" cried Sir William. The door slowly opened. ... Advancing to Speaker the Rt. Hon. John Henry Whitley, the Black Rod cried: "Mr. Speaker, the King commands this...